Lior Locher is a Learning Consultant with NIIT. They also run their own coaching business where they work with changemakers and start-ups. Lior is a Fellow of the RSA and a multilingual global citizen, based in the UK. Their books “ The DIY Phoenix ” and “ Values-based ” are both on Amazon, their TEDx talk is here . You can find Lior on Twitter and LInkedIn . Katrina Collier is on a mission to end the collaboration chaos that ruins recruitment and candidate experience; exacerbated by hybrid work...
Jan 25, 2022•50 min•Ep. 37
This week's episode brings you a few updates about what we've been doing and what we want to do next. ========================================================= You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website, womentalkingaboutlearning.com We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast You can buy us a coffee to support Women Talking About Learning via Ko-Fi. Or you can email us via hello@llarn.com
Oct 05, 2021•7 min•Ep. 36
This week’s guests are Laura Overton, Michelle Ockers, and Shannon Tipton. Laura Overton ( London, UK) - Award winning global analyst author, facilitator & founder of Learning Changemakers with 30+ years of experience and research focussing on learning innovation, L&D maturity and business impact.Her Research programme reached 8000+ l&D leaders globally and over 50,000 workers. Michelle Ockers (Brisbane, Australia) - Founder and chief learning strategist at Learning Uncut, award winn...
Sep 21, 2021•48 min•Ep. 35
This week’s guests are Katie Beck, Miriam Speidel, Sarah Frame, Kamla Kaur and Caroline Ford. Katie Beck works for Blue Eskimo as a Recruitment Team Leader. She is experienced in recruiting and connecting with the most talented people in learning and development, training, and e-learning. She works with a variety of clients, across a range of industries including internal L&D departments, as well as with learning agencies and consultancies. If you are looking for your next role in L&D or...
Sep 14, 2021•31 min•Ep. 34
This week’s guests are Liz Drury and Heidi Kirby. Liz Drury was born and brought up in Northamptonshire, and now lives in rural North Lincolnshire. She has a degree in Natural Sciences from the University of Durham, and a PhD in Archaeological Science from the University of Bradford. After working in local television and education, she began working as a voiceover artist in 2013 whilst living in the USA. She has worked across many voiceover genres including commercials, e-learning, corporate vid...
Sep 07, 2021•41 min•Ep. 33
This week’s guests are Gillian Jones and Natalie Ellis. Gillian Jones is Managing Director and founder of Emerge Development Consultancy. For over 25 years Gillian has worked on organisational strategy development and change initiatives with companies worldwide. Gillian partners with many organisations to implement culture change and has designed and delivered programmes of varying sizes to national organisations and independent companies. Gillian is also an author, having co-authored 50 Top Too...
Sep 01, 2021•38 min•Ep. 32
This week’s guests are Caroline Bennett-Jarvis and Egle Vinauskaite. Caroline Bennett-Jarvis has over 20 years experience as a human resource development practitioner; she is a committed humanitarian and an avid lifelong learner, currently managing and producing digital educational content for the US market. Originally from England, Caroline initially was formally educated in contemporary art, design, and craft, where she has been able to transcend her critical innovative thinking abilities into...
Aug 24, 2021•40 min•Ep. 31
This week’s guests are Catherine Dartnall and Rachel Burnham. Catherine is a versatile Learning Designer and Consultant with a passion for putting people at the heart of every design. She takes a human-centred approach to create the best possible experience using the technology and tools that are available. With over 20 years of experience working in learning and technology, Catherine has worked in many roles across multiple functions, including working as a Learning Designer in both Corporate a...
Aug 17, 2021•50 min•Ep. 30
This week’s guests are Helen Hill and Martine Bolton. Helen is a self-employed Digital Learning and Content Designer at Unlikely Genius Ltd. Unlikely Genius is based on the principles of ensuring the user comes first, communicating in plain language and making content available to all, living by the mantra ‘The content you make is not for you’. She works as a contractor for eLearning agencies in the UK and Europe, plus has ongoing projects with the NHS, charities and a number of private sector c...
Aug 10, 2021•45 min•Ep. 29
Our guests this week are Dr Sara Thompson and Kate Graham. Dr. Sara Thompson is the Chair of the Master of Science in Counselling and Human Services program at Post University, and has been teaching in higher education since 2013. In addition to possessing her doctorate degree in psychology, Sara recently earned another graduate degree, a M. Ed. in Learning Design and Technology. In addition to her full-time employment, Sara also teaches psychology to domestic and international high school stude...
Aug 03, 2021•45 min•Ep. 28
Our guests this week are Nandita Kulkarni and Tabitha Dragonbery. Nandita started her career designing learning and facilitating in the academic context. Having moved to the corporate sphere more than 14 years ago, she has worked across different geographies and led teams delivering learning especially in the technology-led space. Currently in Dubai, she brings a strong consultative mindset with a holistic design perspective to every project. https://www.linkedin.com/in/nandita-kulkarni-bhandark...
Jul 27, 2021•38 min•Ep. 27
Our guests this week are Serena Gonsalves-Fersch and Dr Alaina Szlachta. Serena is the head of SoftwareONE’s Talent Academy – an initiative focusing on developing and employing the next generation of talent across the world, whilst giving back in education and opportunities to local communities. An accomplished and recognised Learning & Talent Development senior leader, Serena thrives in fast paced and exploratory environments where her creative and intuitive leadership are highly valued. Sh...
Jul 20, 2021•48 min•Ep. 26
Our guests this week are Nicky Hoyland and Emma Roberts. Nicky Hoyland is CEO and co-founder of Huler she describes herself as a tech, UX and data nerd. What she does have is an unwavering passion for a people first approach to work tech. If you haven’t caught it, her session at the Learning Technology Digital Exchange is an excellent watch. You can find Nicky on LinkedIn and Twitter: https://twitter.com/thenickyh https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickyhoyland/ Our second guest is Emma Roberts. Emma i...
Jul 13, 2021•54 min•Ep. 25
Asli Derya is an experienced L&D lead with an extensive knowledge of learning design and digital learning. Asli has been working in L&D in the past 8 years with in-house L&D teams in a number of industries and roles, before landing on the digital learning space. Asli is currently the Learning Design Director at Imperial College Business School. Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asli-derya-assoc-cipd-3b05014a/ Gemma is a learning designer for The Opportunity Group. She has 10 year...
Jul 06, 2021•41 min•Ep. 24
This week’s guests are Ros Stephens and Jo Royce. Ros is an award-winning lesbian photographer, based in London. She’s been heard on Women's hour, BBC NI, BBC Essex and the East End Women Activists archive at the Bishopsgate Institute. Ros lives with her two kitties, her bass guitar and her bike and loves all aspects of photography. Jo Royce is a people-curious lover of learning, coaching and creativity. Currently Global Director of Marketing Capabilities @ Unilever, Ros is Women in Advertising ...
Jun 29, 2021•37 min•Ep. 23
For many years, Pilar Orti has run her voiceover career in parallel to all her other ventures. She ran a small theatre company for ten years, and then became a trainer, facilitator and consultant. Her voiceover credits include the Spanish voice of the WiiFit and GoJetters' Xuli. She's now also a podcast host, having been hosting the 21st Century Work Life podcast for Virtual not Distant for five years, and co-hosting My Pocket Psych and Facilitation Stories (IAF England and Wales). Pilar's now l...
Mar 30, 2021•47 min•Ep. 22
Sarah Ratcliff is passionate about engaging learners to ‘want to learn’. An expert in Virtual Classrooms and awarded Learning Professional of the Year Gold in 2020. Always happy to chatter about learning and helping people maximise their potential. Twitter: Sarah Ratcliff (@splant33) / Twitter LinkedIn: Sarah Ratcliff Assoc. CIPD, FLPI | LinkedIn Website: www.sarahratcliff.com Janet Webb is a freelance Learning and OD consultant. She helps people to understand what’s going on psychologically, th...
Mar 23, 2021•41 min•Ep. 21
Hooked on learning and passionate about driving business forward, Aimee-Jayne Young is all about helping people make the most of their careers. With a keen interest in performance consulting, learning technology and employee experience, Aimee brings an enthusiastic yet measured point of view on learning and development and where it needs to go for the future. Aimee has experience working in the field of L&D research, HR strategy, learning technologies, professional services, retail and indus...
Mar 16, 2021•40 min•Ep. 20
This episode contains clips from the previous 17 episodes that have meant the most to our host, Andrew Jacobs. The blog post mentioned about International Women's Day is here: https://wp.me/p1NUDi-2bF ================================================ You can contact Women Talking About Learning through our website, womentalkingaboutlearning.com We’re on Twitter @WTAL_Podcast You can buy us a coffee to support Women Talking About Learning via Ko-Fi . Or you can email us via hello@llarn.com ....
Mar 09, 2021•38 min•Ep. 19
Dana James-Edwards is a Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging Specialist and has an independent consultancy - https://www.diversitydana.com/ - and has been established for almost 6 years. E-Mail dana@diversitydana.com Twitter @DiversityDana Instagram @DiversityDana Linked In in/diversitydana Rita Sookrit is a learning strategist and has been working in learning for a number of years in a range of roles and organisations, most recently in Canada but also in Saudi and Belgium. Rita consults with gl...
Mar 02, 2021•44 min•Ep. 18
Jayne Harrison is a qualified executive coach and has over 25 years’ experience in the people development field in mainly leadership and career development. She is interested in what makes people tick, why they choose the work they do and general wellbeing. She has just launched the #WellbeingWednesdays series which examines how to stay well (particularly during a pandemic) paying attention to mind, body, soul and work. She has recently qualified in vegan nutrition and in her spare time she’s us...
Feb 23, 2021•48 min•Ep. 17
Stella Collins MSc FITOL is co-founder and Chief Learning Officer at Stellar Labs, one of the Brain Ladies and the author of ‘Neuroscience for Learning and Development’. She has a clear understanding of the challenges faced by organisations in upskilling and reskilling their people, especially with digital change being so high on the agenda. She and her team pragmatically apply principles from neuroscience and psychology to consult, design and build practical performance focused solutions with m...
Feb 16, 2021•40 min•Ep. 16
This week's guests are Anja Hartleb-Parson and Lydia Charilaou. Anja is a multi-talented professional with over 15 years of experience in diverse business areas and industries. She’s currently applying her passion for data to create and grow people development programs that positively impact the bottom line. You can find Anja on LinkedIn . Lydia is a people experience professional and Agile HR coach. She has been part of multiple People and Culture teams over a decade. Her passions include empow...
Feb 09, 2021•47 min•Ep. 15
This week’s first guest is a Virtual Classroom expert & the Director of SyncSkills Ltd , Gaëlle Delmas-Watson. Gaëlle works with both British and European organisations to design and implement unique, innovative learning strategies for commercial training organisations and membership bodies. As well as being an award winning certified online facilitator and coach, Gaelle founded her organisation to provide hosting and production services for virtual classrooms and webinars. You can connect w...
Feb 02, 2021•45 min•Ep. 14
This week's guests are Sharon Green and Mirjam Neelen. Sharon is a consultant with her own company Chiara Consultancy . You can find Sharon on Twitter https://twitter.com/SharonGChiara and on Instagram as SharonGChiara too. Mirjam is Head of Global Learning Design and Learning Sciences at a large pharmaceutical company. She is also on Twitter https://t.co/Vfj6MTb69w and her collaborative blog, discussing evidence-informed approaches to learning design, is at https://t.co/lpZ57J6uxL...
Jan 26, 2021•44 min•Ep. 13
This week, Manja Horner and Natalie Ann Holborow talk about marketing. Our first guest is Manja Horner. Based in Ontario in Canada, Manja is an ex-corporate learning and experience designer. As well as having a degree in Marketing, Manja has her own LnD company - BoostLD You can find Manja across the web: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boostld LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/manja-horner-73b53151 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/boostld/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/HornerManja Our second ...
Jan 19, 2021•38 min•Ep. 12
This week's guests are two experts in video in learning. Our first guest is Niki Hobson a Learning Designer who is passionate about Video Learning. You can find Niki via Twitter https://twitter.com/focusndevelop and her website https://focusndevelop.com/ Our second guest is Jayne Davids. Jayne has her own video learning consutancy and can also be found on Twitter https://twitter.com/Jaynedavids and her website is www.raiveon.com In the podcast, there are tons of links that Niki and Jayne mention...
Jan 12, 2021•43 min•Ep. 11
This week's episode about mentoring is brought to us by Taruna Goel and Andrea Watts. Taruna is Learning & Performance Consultant, and Competence Development & Assessment Specialist at North Pacific Training & Performance in Vancouver. The blog we mentioned is at: https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/coaching-mentoring-whats-difference-taruna-goel/?trackingId=r8klX%2BjRS2e%2BJ%2FbtzgKj7g%3D%3D Her LinkedIn profile is at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tarunagoel/ Andréa is a creative coach an...
Jan 05, 2021•42 min•Ep. 10
This is special because it’s not your usual version of the podcast. A typical episode of Women Talking About Learning has two women speaking and sharing. For this episode it is 25 women’s voices sharing their thoughts, feelings, approaches and tactics to Imposter Syndrome. The star contributors for this episode are: Dr Sara Thompson Jayne Harrison Taruna Goel Stella Collins Joan Keevill Katherina Hill Mersiha Kovacevic Laine Istvan Michelle Parry Slater Coral Condeco-Dunachie Dana James Edwards ...
Dec 22, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Ep. 9
This is the Supplier One episode with our guests Ashley Sinclair and Karen Bailey. Ashley is Managing Director of MAAS Marketing, the only digital marketing agency servicing the world of learning and you can find Ashley on LinkedIn and Twitter Karen is Head of Competence Development for a Large Transportation Organisation and you can find Karen on LinkedIn and on Twitter @ktebailey...
Dec 15, 2020•44 min•Ep. 8
